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• Fortnite season 7, week 9 challenges and how to dance on a metal dog head - CNET

  02-02-2019 23:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Fortnite week 9 challenges are here and we have maps and tips to help you get through them fast.
  
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• Lego Movie 2 review: Gloriously bonkers sequel is a toy to behold - CNET

  02-02-2019 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Gags come brick and fast in the dizzying Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.
  
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• Does Russia Have a Plan to Solve the North Korea Nuclear Crisis?

  02-02-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Some think so.
  
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• America's Other Big Plan for Nuclear Weapons (And It Has Nothing to Do with War or Russia)

  02-02-2019 22:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Washington had all sorts of plans to use nuclear weapons for lots of things. But they never happened—for very obvious reasons.
  
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• Powerful storm hits Southern California, flooding highways

  02-02-2019 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second in a string of powerful storms battered California on Saturday, shutting key highways after water and mud rushed into lanes from bare hillsides in wildfire burn areas where thousands of residents were under evacuation orders.
  
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• Venezuela's Guaido calls for more protests to force out Maduro

  02-02-2019 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Opposition leader Juan Guaido called for more street protests as tens of thousands of his supporters rallied in Venezuela on Saturday while socialist leader Nicolas Maduro resisted pressure to call a new presidential election.Self-declared acting president Guaido, 35, had called Saturday's protest to ramp up the pressure on Maduro to step down.The US recognized Guaido as Venezuela's interim president 10 days ago while four major European nations -- Britain, France, Germany and Spain -- have said
  
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• Virginia's governor held a press conference to prove he's not a racist. It didn't go well.

  02-02-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  It hasn't been a good Saturday for Virginia Governor Ralph Northam.Northam made headlines on Friday after his personal page from a 1984 yearbook surfaced featuring a photo of two men: one wearing Ku Klux Klan robes and a hood, and the other in blackface. Hours after the offensive image surfaced, the Virginia governor released a statement.> NEW: Governor Northam Statement on Offensive Photo. "I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decis
  
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• Rose Leslie knows Jon Snow’s fate on ‘Game of Thrones,’ and seemingly doesn’t like it

  02-02-2019 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  We know you're probably getting sick of these teases by now that hint at an epic final season of Game of Thrones without revealing really anything in the way of details. Only how gobsmacked the participating actors confess to feeling once the cameras stopped rolling. Still, this revelation from Kit Harington during a recent British radio interview is surely going to raise your eyebrows and cause you to wonder what it means.Obviously, we're not about to spoil what ultimately happens to Kit's char
  
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• Super Bowl 2019: How to watch Patriots vs. Rams online, start time and much more - CNET

  02-02-2019 22:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Find out how you can livestream the Super Bowl LIII for free.
  
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• Northam Denies Appearing in Racist Yearbook Photo, Refuses to Resign

  02-02-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Northam, who was elected in 2017, faced excoriating criticism this week and calls from Republicans and Democrats to step down after the shocking photo on his Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook page from 1984 surfaced.The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, the Virginia House and Senate Democrats, the Democratic Party of Virginia and former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe have all called on Northam to resign.
  
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• SoCal storms: Evacuations issued for wildfire burn areas due to threat of mud, debris flow

  02-02-2019 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Evacuation orders are in place in Ventura County and Burbank as a strong and damaging rainstorm doused the Southland on Saturday.
  
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• Va. Governor Northam admits to previous blackface incident but is not pictured in racist photo, will not resign

  02-02-2019 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  A Virginia Democrat who has spoken with Gov. Ralph Northam has told The Associated Press that the governor now does not believe he was in a racist picture in his 1984 medical yearbook and has no immediate plans to resign
  
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• The Latest: Guaido tells Italy daily he hopes pope weighs in

  02-02-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
  
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• Deutsche Bank Denied Trump Loan During 2016 Campaign, NYT Says

  02-02-2019 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump’s request was rejected by the bank’s top management committee, which at the time included future Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing, according to three unidentified people cited by the Times.Among its concerns was that if Trump won the election and eventually defaulted, the bank would have to choose between not collecting the debt and seizing assets of the U.S. president, the newspaper said.The Trump Organization sought a loan against its Miami resort to pay for work on a
  
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• Ralph Northam: Virginia governor 'said racist yearbook photo wasn't him' after refusing to resign

  02-02-2019 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia governor Ralph Northam is refusing to resign despite overwhelming pressure from within his Democratic party and has told at least one lawmaker that he now does not think that a racist photo in his 1984 yearbook includes him, Democratic party officials said.Mr Northam publicly apologised on Friday for the medical school yearbook photo and acknowledged that he appeared in the image, which is of one man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan robe.
  
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• Virginia's governor resists pressure to resign over KKK and blackface yearbook photos

  02-02-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia's governor is facing mounting calls for him to resign after pictures emerged from his yearbook of two men dressed in a Ku Klux Klan hood and with blackface. Ralph Northam, a Democrat and former paediatrician, was elected in 2017. But his future now hangs in the balance after conservative website Big League Politics dug out his 1984 medical school yearbook, and found the photo. Mr Northam, 59, insisted at a press conference on Saturday that the picture was not him - despite having apolog
  
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• Venezuela's Maduro calls for early legislative elections

  02-02-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro threatened on Saturday to bring forward parliamentary elections in a bid to sideline opposition leader Juan Guaido's challenge to his authority.The National Assembly head led a mass opposition street protest in Caracas on Saturday demanding Maduro resign and hold new presidential elections.
  
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• Group defends article on Henry Ford's anti-Semitic views

  02-02-2019 20:18 via news.yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area historical group is protesting a mayor's decision to stop it from sending out the latest issue of its publication, which delves into Ford Motor Co. founder Henry Ford's anti-Semitism.
  
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• Nicolas Maduro floats early elections for opposition-controlled national assembly in desperate bid to calm protests

  02-02-2019 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Caracas to back opposition leader Juan Guaido's calls for early elections as international pressure increased on President Nicolas Maduro to step down. Mr Maduro addressed a rally in Caracas on Saturday and proposed bringing forward parliamentary elections, scheduled for 2020, to this year, as he sought to damp down demands for presidential elections. He said the constituent assembly, which he controls, would debate ordering elections in the r
  
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• Powerful storm hits Southern California, flooding highway

  02-02-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second in a string of powerful storms battered California on Saturday, shutting a key highway after water and mud rushed into lanes from bare hillsides in wildfire burn areas that are under mandatory evacuation orders.
  
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• Biden, NAACP, more: Calls for Gov. Ralph Northam to resign persist for second day

  02-02-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Apologies did not stop organizations and politicians from demanding that Ralph Northam resign as Virginia governor.
  
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• The Latest: US formally suspends INF arms treaty with Russia

  02-02-2019 19:57 via news.yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the Russia-U.S. dispute over a nuclear arms treaty (all times local):
  
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• On-Duty TSA Agent Dies in 'Apparent Suicide' at Orlando International Airport

  02-02-2019 19:44 via news.yahoo.com
  "Preliminary information suggests an apparent suicide"
  
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• Apple's clash with Facebook and Google: What you need to know - CNET

  02-02-2019 19:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The iPhone maker punished both companies by revoking their enterprise certificates.
  
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• The case against El Chapo is headed to the jury. Here's what to know

  02-02-2019 19:05 via news.yahoo.com
  A jury will soon decide the fate of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, accused of smuggling tons of cocaine and other narcotics into the United States.
  
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• China opposes US withdrawal from INF

  02-02-2019 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  China on Saturday said it opposes the US decision to withdraw from a landmark Cold War nuclear missile treaty and urged Washington and Russia to hold "constructive" discussions.Moscow and Washington have long accused the other of violating the key Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces agreement, which was signed in 1987 and resolved a crisis over Soviet missiles.The US has said a new Russian medium-range missile system breaches the INF Treaty and on Saturday President Donald Trump said the country w
  
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• Venezuelan general backs Guaido and urges mass protests as Maduro calls for early elections

  02-02-2019 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  A Venezuelan air force general has defected from the government of president Nicolas Maduro and urged people to join mass street protests across the country, as the president called for early parliamentary elections.Francisco Yanez, who is believed to be the highest ranking officer to desert the president, claimed in a video posted on social media that 90 per cent of the armed forces “are not with the dictator”.“The transition to democracy is imminent,” he added, referrin
  
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• Protesters mass in Venezuela, for and against Maduro

  02-02-2019 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Protesters flowed into the streets of Caracas Saturday, with flags and placards, many to support opposition leader Juan Guaido's calls for democratic elections and others to back embattled President Nicolas Maduro.Carrying Venezuelan flags and blowing horns and whistles, Guaido's supporters planned to converge on the European Union headquarters in eastern Caracas from five staging areas around the city.The EU and major European powers have given Maduro until Sunday to call "free elections" or th
  
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• 'Willful Ignorance.' Inside President Trump's Troubled Intelligence Briefings

  02-02-2019 18:22 via news.yahoo.com
  Briefers say President Donald Trump displays "willful ignorance" when presented with analyses generated by intelligence services.
  
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• Who's the real winner of Super Bowl LIII? Hint: It's not the Patriots or the Rams

  02-02-2019 18:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Americans are expected to eat 1.38 billion chicken wings during the Super Bowl LIII weekend, according to the National Chicken Council.
  
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• Meghan Markle wrote uplifting notes on bananas bound for sex workers in need

  02-02-2019 17:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is giving back to the community and adding her own personal touch along the way.On Friday, she and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, visited the One25 organization in Bristol, which works to "reach out to women trapped in or vulnerable to street sex-work, supporting them to break free and build new lives away from violence, poverty and addiction."During the unplanned visit, the Duchess helped volunteers pack bags of food for women in need. As they went about the work,
  
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• EU Nations May Recognize Guaido as Venezuela Leader Amid Split

  02-02-2019 17:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Foreign ministers from the EU’s 28 countries discussed the statement at an informal meeting in Bucharest on Thursday and Friday, and only Italy objected to the wording, according to a diplomat familiar with the matter.In recognizing Guaido, the EU nations would be following the U.S. and more than a dozen other nations, adding to pressure on Maduro to step down.The political crisis in oil-rich Venezuela has set down worldwide battle lines, with a U.S.-led group of nations that recognize Gua
  
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• Shiffrin says 'every race a fight' after 13th win of season

  02-02-2019 16:46 via news.yahoo.com
  MARIBOR, Slovenia (AP) — After celebrating her personal-best 13th World Cup victory of the season and 56th overall, Mikaela Shiffrin spoke out Saturday against critics suggesting her wins and records are turning women's ski racing into a "boring" sport.
  
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• Who is Ralph Northam, the Virginia governor who faces resignation calls after racist yearbook photo?

  02-02-2019 16:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The photo was part of Ralph Northam's 1984 yearbook during his last year at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
  
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• Groundhog Day prediction is for an early spring but Twitter's not buying it this year

  02-02-2019 16:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog we let decide our seasons for us, is officially predicting an early spring. On Saturday morning, the famous groundhog awoke at sunrise to celebrate Groundhog Day anddid not see his shadow. This, his male handlers in top hats dramatically said, signals an early start to spring and an end to winter. But don't gettoo excited.JUST IN: Punxsutawney Phil sees no shadow, predicts early spring. pic.twitter.com/BsMser58Rt — NBC News (@NBCNews) February
  
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• Groundhog Day prediction is for an early spring but Twitter's not buying it this year

  02-02-2019 16:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog we let decide our seasons for us, is officially predicting an early spring.On Saturday morning, the famous groundhog awoke at sunrise to celebrate Groundhog Day and did not see his shadow. This, his male handlers in top hats dramatically said, signals an early start to spring and an end to winter. But don't get too excited.> JUST IN: Punxsutawney Phil sees no shadow, predicts early spring. pic.twitter.com/BsMser58Rt
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• The Luxman P-750u headphone amp is truly drool-worthy - CNET

  02-02-2019 16:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Audiophiliac: Ultra high-end headphones love this amplifier. They really do.
  
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• Back to the future with Wharfedale’s Denton 85th Anniversary Edition speaker - CNET

  02-02-2019 15:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Wharfedale celebrates its 85th anniversary with a new speaker.
  
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• Boko Haram kill 6 in southeast Niger

  02-02-2019 15:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Boko Haram islamists have shot dead six people in a village in south Niger, near the border with Nigeria, a local official said Saturday."Six people were killed Friday night by Boko Haram at Bague Djaradi," a village in Toumour commune, the official told AFP, adding the assailants were on foot.
  
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• Venezuelan general urges military to disavow Maduro as opposition stages rallies

  02-02-2019 15:32 via news.yahoo.com
  In a video circulating on Twitter on Saturday, General Francisco Yanez of the air force's high command, said most of the armed forces already disavowed Maduro, who claims he is victim of a coup directed by the United States."People of Venezuela, 90 percent of the armed forces of Venezuela are not with the dictator, they are with the people of Venezuela," Yanez said in the video.On its Twitter account, the air force's high command accused the general of treason.
  
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• What to expect — or fear — when Trump meets Kim again

  02-02-2019 15:00 via news.yahoo.com
  America’s national security establishment warily eyes the prospect of another summit between President Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
  
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• Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for tax of 70, 80 or 90 percent on the wealthiest Americans

  02-02-2019 14:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar says the one percent must pay their fair share.
  
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• Super Bowl LIII, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, Groundhog Day: 5 things to know this weekend

  02-02-2019 14:24 via news.yahoo.com
  The Rams and Patriots square off in Super Bowl LIII, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam faces resignation calls and more things to start your weekend.
  
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• Venezuelan general deserts Nicolas Maduro in highest ranking military defection to hit regime

  02-02-2019 14:20 via news.yahoo.com
  A general from the Venezuelan air force has announced he no longer recognises Nicolas Maduro as the country's president, in what appears to be the highest ranking military defection to hit the regime.  In a video circulating on social media on Saturday ahead of mass protests planned in Caracas, General Francisco Esteban Yanez Rodriguez says he has disavowed the "dictatorial" authority of Mr Maduro and now recognises Juan Guaido, the self-declared interim president, as Venezue
  
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• This video shows the hilarity of teaching parents how to use technology

  02-02-2019 14:00 via news.yahoo.com
  This is One Good Thing, a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week.* * *While there are plenty of differences between Millennials and Gen Z, as digital natives we can all relate to one thing -- being the in-house IT department for our parents. We've all been there: When your mom wants to change her Facebook profile pic, you're the expert. But one wrong click and suddenly -- you've broken her entire phone, all her photos are gone, and it's some
  
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• Security cameras with facial recognition tech inside - CNET

  02-02-2019 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Take a look at some of the home security cameras that scan faces and tell you who's there.
  
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• Samsung's foldable phone won't be alone. Here's who else is working on one - CNET

  02-02-2019 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Foldable phones are all the rage right now. Here are the companies that are making them, rumored to make them or already selling them.
  
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• FCA's 2019 'Big Game Blitz' tries to buttonhook the Super Bowl - Roadshow

  02-02-2019 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In that most American tradition of "More is better," Fiat Chrysler gave us six ads this year, none of which will air during the big game.
  
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• Every new movie, show and James Bond film on Netflix: February 2019 - CNET

  02-02-2019 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Pretty in Pink are coming to the streaming service.
  
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• Russia to abandon nuclear arms treaty after US accuses Moscow of deploying banned missiles

  02-02-2019 13:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Following in the footsteps of the US, Russia will abandon a centerpiece nuclear arms treaty but will only deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles if Washington does so, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday. US President Donald Trump accused Moscow on Friday of violating the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with "impunity" by deploying banned missiles. Mr Trump said in a statement that the US will "move forward" with developing its own military response options
  
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